HISTORY

Sierra Leone who was before known as Romarong, was first occupied by the ethnical groups sherbro, temne, kono, limba and mende. In 1462, the portuguese landend in this place and decided to call it Lion Mountains. After this until 1792, it became a very important centre of transatlantic trade in slave. In 1808 it became a British Crown Colony and in 1896 half of the country became British protectorate. But in 1961 they both combine and fought for independence so that in 2000 they became the Sierra Leone.